Homebrew Hawk's Blood Fey Species Details

The Blood Within

  Deep within you, intrinsic to your very nature, a stirring in your blood, there is a beast tied to your soul. Few outside of the Elven and Fey cultures have even heard of the sects of Beast Fey; even those who have heard assume them only to be faerie stories. Until they have met one.

  You, in particular, belong to the Hawk's Blood sect: those who have the spirit of a hawk within them. Beast Fey were originally born of deep magicks used in desperation to defend their tribes from a great Evil which has been all but forgotten by history, much like the Beast Fey themselves. Now, however, the birth of your kind no longer requires a ritual; you are a natural occurrence of your sect's people. Rarely, a non Beast Fey can give birth to one but the young are generally easily identifiable by markings of their beast forms (fur, feathers, tails, claws, etc) which will soon fade as they grow.

  This blood gives you abilities similar to Lycanthropic races, though entirely controllable with training.

 

Beast Forms

  Humanoid Form

In Humanoid form Beast Fey have the appearance of varied Elven races and many of the same abilities/traits.

  Hybrid Form

In Hybrid Form Beast Fey retain much of their Elven appearance, though noticeably with elements of their beast forms, much like in their early infancy. They can still use weapons and armour to an extent but gain extra unarmed attacks (Bite, Claw, Venom Spray, Tail Attacks, etc.).

  Beast Form

In Beast Form you will have the exact appearance of your sect's Beast Spirit. Beasts lose the ability to use weapons and no longer gain the effects of armours but gain protection bonuses based upon the stats associated with their beast. They also have the same unarmed Beast attacks as in Hybrid Form. Different Beasts may grant additional abilities (flight, burrowing, waterbreathing, increased speed/agility/etc, or increases to stats for the duration of the form).

Hawk's Blood Fey Traits

Your Beast Fey character has the following traits.

Ability Scores Increase

Your Dexterity score increses by 2.

Your Wisdom and Intelligence scores increse by 1.

Age

Beast Fey generally age at the same rate as other Elves, maturing between 16-20 and often living nearly a half-cenury.

Alignment

Beast Fey generally tend toward neutrality, often having been taught little about concepts of good and evil. A love of personal freedom can sometimes drive them toward chaotic alignments outside of the sect's unique system of governance.

Size

Beast Fey range from 5 to almost 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Your flight speed in Hybrid and Beast forms is 45 feet.

Darkvision

You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency with the Perception skill.

Shifting

As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This transformation lasts until you revert to your normal appearance as a bonus action or become incapacitated. When you shift, you gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You also gain additional benefits that depend on your subrace.

Once you shift, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest save to revert to you Humanoid form.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, Auran and Sylvan. You can speak freely to any birds.

You can understand most other languages rudimentally.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed and magic can't put you to sleep.

Fey Weapons Training

You have proficiency with the shortsword, longsword, double-bladed scimitar, short bow and longbow.

Trance

Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After Resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.